Re: Windows NT update carries bug

From: Fabian Kroenner (kroennerat_private)
Date: Tue Nov 16 1999 - 10:45:27 PST

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    On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 09:36:44AM +0000, Alan J. Wylie wrote:
    >
    > SP6 also stops VNC[1] from working unless run with administrator
    > privileges. The error message is something like "error
    > disabling Nagle's algorithm".  This is apparently a result of
    > a _tightening_ of security in the TCP/IP code.
    >
    
    If you have already installed SP6, you can work around the problem by
    replacing the file AFD.SYS (Ancillary Function Driver for Winsock)
    with the version that comes with SP5. No sideeffects here.
    However, I do not recommend installing SP6, until an official fix is
    released.
    
    Regards...
            Fabian
    



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